“The Lord has made the heavens his throne; from there he rules over everything” (Psalm 103:19)
Scripture teaches that God “works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will” (Eph. 1:11).
“I am the LORD, and there is no other. I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all those things” (Isa. 45:6-7).
This is a subject that has both intrigued and confused those who know what the Bible teaches about it.
A framework:
It is very important to address the subject in the way that the Bible does and to avoid forcing it to conform to theological traditions. In Scripture, “the sovereignty-responsibility tension is not a problem to be solved; rather it is a framework to be explored” (D. A. Carson, Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility: Biblical perspectives in tension). Keep Reading...
